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Billy was born
Billy Pilgrim was born in Ilium, NY on this date. His feeling of being born in the womb is described throughout the book. -
Unstuck in Time
Billy became unstuck in time on this date. He traveled to 1965, 1958, and 1961 before he became unstuck. Only to be back to the time where he was separated from the Three Musketeers -
Captured by the Germans
The Germans captured Billy and Weary, and brought them to a cottage where they brought their prisoners of war, before being brought to Dresden. Billy pictured the cottage differently probably along with everyone else, being warm and smokey. -
The Death of Weary
Roland Weary died in Lazaro's Arms in the boxcar, and Weary blames Billy, so Lazaro promises that he will kill Billy in Weary's honor -
Bombing of Dresden
While Billy was locked away in a meat locker he survived the bombing, only to see everything had been destroyed and almost everyone killed. -
Captured by the Tralfamadorians
Billy is taken away in a flying saucer drove by the Tralfamadorians, He is brought to their planet and displayed at a zoo, and eventually meets and mates with former movie star Montana Wildhack -
Meeting Kilgore Trout
Kilgore Trout is Billy favorite author that he is finally able to meet. Having one of Trouts paper boys quit on him Billy drives him around to deliver them, and due to the fact they live so close to each other they hang out more and become close friends -
Plane Crash
On his way back home, Billy was in a plane crash in Vermont which didn't kill him but sent him to the hospital, unlike the death of Valencia's father who died as soon as it happened. -
Valencia dies
Having heard about the crash, Valencia is on her way to see Billy in the hospital, but a previous car accident that screwed up her exhaust allowed for the exhaust to trap itself in her car along with her and she died due to carbon monoxide poisoning -
The death of Billy Pilgrim
Billy knew he was going to die on a specific day, withing an hour of when it was going to happen. He was asked if he wanted protection and argued he did not. Later on, he was shot by an assassin hired by Lazaro who was avenging Weary's death.
